Thread: What is this?any ideas

An experiment??????

A non-disposable?????

Look out, I'm crackin' myself up..................



Lynn

Could it be a blank that was never ground?

You could sharpen it the way you hone chisels by hand*. Lay the blade on the hone and roll it until the edge makes contact. Then find a way to hold it that maintains that position. Might be difficult to do normal laps, you'd likely have to do a bunch of strokes on one side then flip it over, do a bunch on the other side, and so on.

* This video might be useful.
(From this page if the video doesn't show.)

My first thought was "where is the frameback" ????
Could there be a spine piece that goes on there that is missing?????

I'd send it to Lynn to hone. It's only $20.00

Look at the way that metal shimmers and flows! It's a Chronik, for sure. No need to hone those, they refresh their edge to shave-sharp perfection using the beams of the full moon. Just leave it on your window sill once every 29/30 days.

James.

what ever it is, im loving it.

It appears to be some kind of easter/western blade.

When you sharpen a Sashimi knife you life the knife up onto the blade surface. Same here. My guess is that it was an experiment to see if you could get a better edge off of a grind like that.

Curious though. Is the angle from the belly to the bevel 17 degrees or is it greater?

Everything about this blade says "medical". No jimps anywhere, smooth lines, no frills anywhere, very thick, stout grind. I place it somewhere between a microtome and the much thicker, pure wedge shaped blades used to chop up cadavers.


Just my $.02,

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I'd send it to Lynn to hone. It's only $20.00

I'm going to venture an opinion on this one. Feel free to laugh at me if you think it way off base.

Since it is obvious that is in no way a finished razor. It is possible that this was meant as an instructional piece for people learning to grind razors and that it illustrates one of the steps along the way to grinding a blank down into a finished razor. And, if this is so, the handle is only there to serve as a convenient means of keeping this safe in the instruction box.

OK, now you laugh

Well, after some extra consideration, even this wild idea doesn't make sense. I'm really beginning to suspect that this is NOT a German razor. It is stamped on the front of the tang with that? No way! Plus... NO jimps and the spine and tang don't really have much form at all. I'm going to have to throw my vote along with those who think this item is either Chinese or Pakistani.

Weird one, though...